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So, on a nice sunny day I decided on the spur of the moment to take a ride on one of Lumo's services from Nuneaton to London Euston. Having booked my ticket via the Lumo app a couple of hours before departure, I headed off for the bus from Hinckley to Nuneaton (cheaper than parking the car...

MODERATORS. If you feel there's a more suitable category for this post, then please transfer it over. Chris Martin EMS - who has quite a good YouTube channel - was one of the emergency service personnel who responded to the accident near Bedford on 19th June 2026. Having watched the video...

Hi Folks, I couldn't find a relevant thread so started this one, I'm referring to the Knighton Junction, Swannington and Leicester Junction line - or the railway that runs from Knighton Junction to Burton On Trent. Looking at the diagrams to see what was about and having a general nosey, I...

Hi Folks, Just putting the feelers out to see what others think. I've been a drone flyer since May 2024, mainly using it to get different angles on old railway infrastructure, disused industries as well as filming the modern railway scene. I'm registered with a operator ID and have insurance...

56081 leads brand new 805005 past Narborough working 5Q91 Merchant Park Sidings - Oxley Depot. Meanwhile, 37608 heads t'other way with de-branded and de-named GWR HST power cars 43192 and 43010 along with 6 de-branded GWR MKIII coaches working 5L46 Laira T&RSMD - Ely Papworth Sidings.

Hi Folks, I'm looking at going to Cardiff for the day to get some Transport for Wales stock but as seeing as the overtime ban is in force from Monday to Friday, is there likely to be be any CrossCountry disruption. I'm also doing the trip on a split ticket with Worcestershire Parkway being one...

Seeing some posters on the forum (me included) travel between Fishguard and Rosslare using Rail and Sail, Stena Line are replacing the Stena Europe with the Stena Nordica. The latter currently undergoing refit in Poland. https://www.niferry.co.uk/stena-line-announces-new-fishguard-rosslare-ferry/

A couple of shots I took a spur of the moment trip down to the Oxford Canal at Ansty in Warwickshire: 34046 Braunton passes by working 5Z34 09:49 Southall - Crewe C.S. The icing on the cake though was 50007 Hercules working 5Q26 11:22 Clapham Yard - Widnes with 458505 in tow and 50049...

Seeing as a similar thread is now locked (maybe it can be merged??) and I couldn't see if this was featured. 66129 in the now defunct Bedworth Oil Terminal in Warwickshire. (August 2016)...

MODERATORS: thread regarding this topic has been locked hence the new one :smile: Looking at RTT, I see that AWC and LNER are still stating "Reservations Compulsory" on their services (I've taken 2 snippets to show and rounded it off). Thought this mantra had been dropped now by all TOCS's?

From the West Midlands Railway website: https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/service-disruptions/changes-leamington-spa-nuneaton-services-mon-27-dec Funnily enough, there's been no reports in local press (Coventry Live, Nuneaton News etc).

MODERATORS, Feel free to move to a more relevant category if you deem necessary. Seeing as a lot of us, me included, travel on trains as it's part of our hobby, do you think we could see a return to the Essential Travel Only which was very prevalent last year and early this year?. Could we even...

With the East Coast Mainline now seeing LUMO up and running between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh (not to mention Grand Central and Hull Trains), will we ever seen an OAO on the West Coast Mainline?. I know we had Grand Central almost good to go but sadly the pandemic put paid to that :'(...

Just out of interest, when the colliery (near Stoke-on-Trent) was open, whereabouts did the coal go?, I'm assuming it was power station bound. Got me thinking as there was a North facing chord on the West Coast Mainline at Madeley, apart from Fiddlers Ferry, can't think of any more in that...

Sitting at Cheltenham Spa Station on Monday got me thinking (or speculation depending which way you want to look at it :lol: ). Supposing the line reopened from Cheltenham to Stratford Upon Avon, what sort of services would you have?. I was thinking maybe have the London Paddington -...

Or maybe I've just been lucky on the last 2 Saturdays but are 3 coach services the norm on a Saturday on the service between Nuneaton and Leamington Spa now?. Or is it that some pax are timing their days out to catch the train as opposed to the replacement bus that fills in every alternate hour...

Monday 7th June. With Nuneaton usually being "base camp" for when I do a Rover or Day Ranger, I made my first trip, well more of a fill in move really to Coventry and back. The 10:16 departure being in the hands of 172004. Arriving in Coventry, I went to look for some refreshments before...

First time I've done a Rover of any sort since the pandemic started:. HAULAGES. 10:34 350117 Nuneaton - Rugby. 10:59 350109 + 350236 Rugby - Northampton. 11:37 350236 + 350109 Northampton - Birmingham New Street. 12:50 172006 + 170514 Birmingham New Street - Worcester Foregate Street. 13:41...

Hi Folks, Is it OK to start spotting in Wales again? principally Cardiff or Newport?. I'm looking at late May, early June time and used May 17th as a pointer because that's the next stage of lockdown easing. Am I likely to be accosted at Newport or Cardiff taking photo's or number crunching...

I'm looking at having a trip on Thursday 6th May, going Leicester - Nottingham - London St. Pancras International - Leicester, (1D43, 1B63, 1D68 respectively).